Climber dead, another injured in separate falls off NC mountains

A climber was killed and another was injured after falling off separate North Carolina mountains Monday.

Multiple Charlotte media outlets report the deadly fall happened around 6:30 p.m. at Crowders Mountain near Gastonia, while the other fall happened earlier Monday afternoon at Shortoff Mountain west of Hickory.

A Black Hawk helicopter from a Rowan County Army National Guard unit was used to lift the injured but conscious climber off Shortoff Mountain. He was later taken to a hospital.

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